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Solid-phase microextraction for the determination of benzoylureas in orange juice using liquid chromatography
Piedad Parrilla Vázquez1, Ahmed R Mughari, María Martínez Galera
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain. parrilla@ual.es
Abstract:
A solid-phase microextraction (SPME) method has been developed for the determination of six benzoylureas (diflubenzuron, triflumuron, hexaflumuron, teflubenzuron, lufenuron, and flufenoxuron) in natural orange juice based on the direct immersion mode of a 60 microm polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene fiber. An orange juice was obtained from blended, homogenized, and diluted ecological natural orange juice samples. An aliquot of 3 mL of a spiked sample was extracted under optimum SPME conditions. The determination of benzoylureas was carried out using HPLC combined with post-column photochemically induced fluorimetry derivatization and fluorescence detection. The limits of quantification obtained in matrix were within the range of 0.02 to 0.04 mg/kg and these limits are lower than the maximum residue levels established in Spanish regulations for all pesticides in this study. Recoveries in juice samples ranged between 85 and 110% and relative standard deviations between 1.8 and 7.4%.
